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Jules Verne 49}eI¢ Around the World in Eighty Days OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 60? Oxford University Press isa department ofthe University of Oxford. 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His first novel was Five Weeks in a Balloon (1862), and he went on to write more than sixty other science fiction and adventure books. He became one of the most famous writers of his time, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS BEFORE READING 1 Match the words with the pictures. balloon bicycle camel car elephant a horse and carriage ship train 2 The story happens in 1872. How do people move from country to country? around all the way round world where we all live; people live in lots of different countries in the world Mr Phileas Fogg is an English He hasn't got a wife or children, gentleman. He lives in London. but he has got a French servant —Passepartout. He eats at his club at 12 o'clock. In the afternoon he reads there. In the evening he eats there again. Then he talks with his friends, and at midnight he goes home. gentleman aman from arich family servant a person who works for club a place where gentlemen meet who does not need to work someone rich Passepartout /'pespa:,tu/ Passepartout is happy. He wants a quiet But one evening, Fogg sees job. something interesting in The y Times. At the club Fogg’s friends talk. ‘That gentleman thief can’t go far,’ says Ralph. ‘With trains and ships, today’s detectives move fast. ‘But thieves can move fast too,’ Flanagan says. bank people put money and expensive ship you use a ship to go across the detective a special policeman wal things here ter thief (plural thieves) a person who takes things without asking ‘Today you can go round the world in eighty days,’ says Fogg. uy Stuart. ‘T'm leaving tonight,’ answers Fogg. ‘Perhaps I can’t do it, Stuart. But then I pay you The train for France leaves before nine in the happy. leaving for France.’ Fogg gives £20,000 in a bag to his servant. ‘We're he says. Passepartout isn't very evening. Fogg must be back in London by 21st December. They go to When their ship arrives in Suez, an English detective — France. Then Mr Fix —is waiting. He's looking for the gentleman they take a train thief. to Italy, anda ship to Port Said in Egypt. Sa Fogg visits the Mr Fix sees him there. ‘It’s the gentleman thief!’ he passport office. thinks. ‘I must tell London.’ Port Said /,po:t ‘saud passport a book with your name and photograph; you take it wth you when you visit different countries READING CHECK Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes. False Phileas Fogg has got children Passepartout wants a quiet job. Fogg takes £50,000 from the Bank of England. He wants to go round the world in 80 days. He leaves London on 21st December. He gives £20,000 to his servant. Passepartout is happy to go round the world OoOoOoOo0oon 2 Fix is in Egypt when Fogg arrives there Match the names with the jobs and the pictures. Phileas Fogg detective Passepartout gentleman Stuart gentleman Fix servant — WORD WORK Match the sentences with the words from Chapter 1. Phileas Fogg is a b You can use this to go across the sea. ¢ A... takes money and other things from people. d Sherlock Holmes is a famous e Assmall ‘book’ that you need to go from one country to another country. Passepartout is Phileas Fogg's Fogg wants to go around the ... . in eighty days. A special building with a lot of money in it. Fogg usually eats here Fogg is going... the world. bank around thief servant passport detective ship world gentleman club ae an GUESS WHAT What does Detective Fix do in the next chapter? Complete the sentences with the best words. b He talks to Foge CPassepartoub} the Bank He goes toa shop home to the airport He London. phones writes to goes to He... Egypt leaves visits stays in He... Fogg. stays with stops forgets ‘ix looks at Fix takes him to a shop and leaves him Passepartout. ‘Where are you going?’ he asks. ‘Around the world,’ says Passepartout. ‘But right now Ineed some new shirts.’ Then he sends a telegram to London. Later he gets on the ship for Bombay with Fogg and Passepartout. telegram a very short letter that you send very quickiy It is 20th October. They all arrive in Bombay —two days early. At 4.30 in the afternoon, Fogg and Passepartout leave the ship. They want to get a train across India to Calcutta. It leaves at 8 o'clock. First Fogg goes to the passport office. Then he eats at the station. Passepartout visits the temple at Malebar Hill. . . ... but he doesn’t take off his shoes. The priests get angry. They take his shoes and Passepartout runs away. station people get on and off trains temple some people go here to pray priest @ man who works in a temple here Fogg and Passepartout get on the | | After three days the train stops. The train, but Fix stays in Bombay. railway from Kholby to Allahabad He is waiting for a telegram from London. isn’t ready. Some men are building the railway. But there are 80 kilometres without a railway between Kholby and Allahabad. In Kholby, Passepartout They stop near a temple in the village of Pillaji. gets some new shoes. The old Indian prince is dead. His young wife, He also finds an the princess, must die with him in a big fire. elephant to take them = to Allahabad. “We must help that woman!’ says Fogg. railway a train moves on this elephant 2 very big animal with a princess the wife of a prince long nose build to make something like a fire this is red and hot, and it burns house or a railway prince the most important man in a little country The priests start the fire. Through the smoke Fogg sees something beautiful. The prince stands up and takes the princess out of the fire. The prince and the princess come nearer. Fogg sees that the man is not the prince. It is Passepartout in the prince's clothes. ‘Quickly! Let's go!’ says Passepartout to Fogg, quietly. Suddenly the priests see the prince's body on the fire. They see that the man in the prince's clothes is not the prince, and they become angry. Fogg, Passepartout and the princess leave very quickly on the elephant. ‘olothes people wear these i READING CHECK Put these sentences in the correct order. Number them 1-6. Passepartout and Fogg get on a train. Passepartout, Fogg and Fix get on a ship Passepartout gets new shoes and finds an elephant. Passepartout goes to a temple and loses his shoes Passepartout helps a young woman. menace Passepartout and Fix speak. t Complete the table 1 to find the elephant’s name. WORD WORK Find the words for these pictures in the wordsquare. <>er-- es amve GUESS WHAT 1 What happens next? Join the words to make sentences about the next chapter. a Gs CeO be aT oT ts RIE ci ec e SAE eae ER uaa Cay ees aa have a drink PR eregacrs roca ees erat) at OUT elas Passepartout Cesiciis to Hong Kong eu PCL ue res eens Pees toa friend 2 Write out the sentences. 1 Fogg slowly falls in love with the princess. Atlast they arrive | | Fogg buys some European clothes for the in Allahabad. princess. ‘What a beautiful woman!’ he thinks. On the train going to Calcutta, she speaks for the first time. ‘My name’s Mrs Aouda. Thank you for helping me! But I don’t know what to do now. I can never go home!’ buy to give money for something “We can take you to Hong Kong,’ Fogg says. ‘Thank you,’ says Mrs Aouda. ‘Lhave a cousin there.’ cousin the son (or daughter) of your father’s (or mother’s) brother (or sister) At Calcutta station a Fix is in Calcutta. (Detectives must policeman stops them. He move fast to find gentlemen thieves.) takes them to see a judge. He's waiting in court, but Fogg and his Mrs Aouda goes too. friends don’t see him. ‘Why are we here?’ ‘In Pillaji?’ asks Fogg. ‘For breaking the rules in a ‘No! In Bombay!’ says the judge. And he temple,’ says the judge. puts Passepartout’s shoes on the table. judge a person who says when court a judge works here breaking the rules doing the things something is right or wrong that people must not do thousand pounds to the court and they're free again. “You must go to prison for this,’ says the judge. But Fogg gives two They get onto the ship for Hong Kong. Fix follows them, but Passepartout sees him. ‘Perhaps he’s a detective,’ he thinks. ‘Perhaps he's working for Mr Stuart from the Gentleman's Club in London.” prison a place where people must free not in prison stay when they do something wrong In Hong Kong, Mrs Aouda learns that her cousin now lives in Holland. ‘Come with us to Europe,” Fogg says. follow to go after someone Passepartout wants to buy three tickets on the Carnatic. It leaves for Yokohama, in Japan, the next morning. But at the ticket office he learns that it’s leaving early — that evening. Passepartout meets Fix near the ticket office. ‘Come for a drink,’ says Fix, Fix tells Passepartout, ‘I think your Mr Fogg is a gentleman thief and I want to arrest him.’ Passepartout doesn't want to help Fix, but the detective Passepartout goes to sleep on the table. ‘Now he can't tell Fogg about the Carnatic,’ thinks Fix. ‘It leaves tonight —but without Fogg!” arrest to take someone to court or to prison READING CHECK Choose the correct pictures. a Fogg gives the princess . Who meets them at Calcutta station? In Calcutta they nearly go to ° 2 The ship to Japan leaves on Who doesn’t want Fogg to get the Carnatic? WORD WORK 1 Find the words. They are all in Chapter 3. 2 Write the words from Activity 1 in the sentences. a Fogg pays £2000 not to go to... Prison. b Mrs Aouda’s . lives in Holland. c Fix ...8 Fogg to Calcutta. d Fogg doesn't see Fix in the e Fix wants to Fogs. GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. Yes a Passepartout goes to Japan on the Carnatic. b Fogg goes to Japan on the Carnatic. Fix makes friends with Passepartout. Fix goes to Japan with Fogg. OO Fogg can’t find Passepartout in Japan. In Japan they get a ship to England. No u ou O u ou ou oO c d e Passepartout works in a Japanese hotel f g OO i rita 4] Later Passepartout —— wakes up. He goes onto the Carnatic and the ship leav Fogg and Mrs Aouda aren't with him. a y . but = Ys Next morning Fogg and Mrs Aouda go to get on the Carnatic. But it isn’t there. Fix arrives. ‘The Carnatic’s on its way to Japan,’ he says. And the next ship to Yokohama leaves next week.’ i on its way 0 wake up to stop sleeping 20 “Where's Passepartout?’ asks Mrs Aouda. ‘I don’t know,’ says Fogg. ‘But we must go on without him. We must find another ship!’ ing Fogg finds a small ship — the The Tankadere travels through Tankadere — to go to Shanghai. storms... There they can get a big ship to Yokohama. ‘Can I go with you?’ asks Fix. ‘Of course,’ Fogg answers. Suddenly they see a big ship in front of them. It’s on its way to Yokohama. ‘Signal to that ship,’ says Fogg. \5 ? Ad travel to go storm alot of rain and very bad —_signal to talk from ship to ship weather 2 22 the circus,’ he thinks. Passepartout arrives in Yokohama, but he has no money. He leaves the Carnatic and finds work in Mr Batulcar’s circus. ‘I can go to America with Fogg, Mrs Aouda and Fix get on the big ship and a week later they arrive in Japan. circus an exciting show a ship or train The Carnatic is in Yokohama. Fogg and Mrs Aouda go onto the Carnatic. They find Passepartout’s name in the book of passengers’ names, but they can’t find Passepartout. Passenger someone who travels on Their ship leaves for San Francisco in a few hours. Before they leave, Fogg goes to the circus. Passepartout sees him there. ‘Mr Fogg!" he says happily. Fogg wants to take Passepartout At 6 o'clock in the evening Fogg, with him. But first he must pay Passepartout and Mrs Aouda go onto the American ship. Fix follows them. pay to give money for something 23 READING CHECK Use the words in the balloons to write sentences about Chapter 4. % % y acircus ieee ey g0 to Yokohama Y to Japan ( PERS a CEU era arn stele to America eon _ Ceca 4 4 Lf Passepartout .gets. the Carnatic +o Japan Fogg, Mrs Aouda and Fix Passepartout Foge Passepartout menace Fogg, Mrs Aouda, Passepartout and Fix WORD WORK 1 Find the words from Chapter 4 in the railway. 24 2 Write the words from Activity 1 in the sentences. a Passepartout.WOKES. UP. and goes onto the Carnatic b Fogg, Fix and Mrs Aouda to China on a small ship. ¢ There are bad as they go from India to China d They to a big ship. e Mr Batulcar has a f Fogg Mr Batulear some money. g Passepartout's name is on the list of on the Carnatic. GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick three boxes. a Fix arrests Fogg. L] c Passepartout fights some Indians. (_] Ca r : 26 i A ‘T'm sorry about —H Hong Kong,’ says Passepartout. ‘I don’t usually drink much, but...’ Later Passepartout sees Fix on the ship. ‘My master isn’t a gentleman thief,’ he says. arrest Mr Fogg. But T can’t stop him now. It must be in England. When we get there...) papers letters, usually from an important person ‘Listen,’ says Fix. ‘I They arrive in San Fogg and Mrs now have papers Francisco in the morning. from London to The New York train leav that evening. Aouda meet Fix in the street. ‘Iam travelling to Europe now. Can we travel together?’ he asks. ‘Of course,’ answers Fogg. They walk into a meeting. ‘Camerfield for judge!’ shout the people on the left. ‘Mandiboy for judge!’ shout the people on the right. Then they start fighting. One man wants to fight Fogg but Fix stands in front of him and stops him. Passepartout finds it all very strange. ‘So, Mr Fix is helping us now!’ he thinks. meeting when a number of people come to talk about something important shout to say loudly and angrily Fogg, Mrs Aouda, Passepartout and Fix get on the train that evening. fight to hit someone again and again 27 28 Then some Sioux Indians arrive. They kill some passengers. Passepartout fights them... ... but they take him and ride away with him. _ i Tt Fogg, Mrs Aouda and Fix get off the train. fall to go down suddenly Fiver water that moves through the ride to go on a horse country in a long line Fogg goes to look for He finds him and brings him back. But they Passepartout. must wait until evening, until the next train to New York. ‘How can we travel fast over Soon they the snow?’ thinks Fix. On a arrive in sledge with sails! Omaha. There they take a train to New York. They arrive in New York 45 minutes late! Their ship — the China —is on its way to Liverpool. ‘snow something soft, cold and white sledge something for travelling on _saill this uses wind to help something snow move READING CHECK Choose the right words to finish the sentences. a On the ship to America The Sioux Indians 1 (] Mrs Aouda talks to Fix. 1 stop the train 2 (] Fogg sees Fix. 2 [J take some passengers away. 3 (H Passepartout talks to Fix. 3 LC take Passepartout away. b Fix wants to arrest Fogg e At Kearney station 1 C1 in San Francisco. 1 (] Fix finds Passepartout. 2 (1 in London. 2 [) Fogg looks for Passepartout. 3 C1 in New York 3 (1 they get a train to New York ¢ In San Francisco they have problems f When they arrive in New York 1 CL atthe passport office 1 LC. they get a ship to England. 2 CO with Fix 2 (J they are late for the ship. 3 3 Lata street meeting they travel by sledge WORD WORK Complete the puzzle. Find the secret word. GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. a The next day they get a ship to 10 England. 2 (China 3 LJ France. sae 1 LC the station. 2 OH) prison. 3 (] a restaurant b In Liverpool Fix takes Fogg to ¢ When Fogg arrives in London he thinks it is d_ Who wins £20,000? - e Who does Mrs Aouda marry? . 3 32 ic 6] The next morning, Fogg, Mrs Later, Fogg gives the sailors Aouda, Passepartout and Fix money, and they agree to go leave on a small ship — the Henrietta — to Liverpool — not to France. going to France. The captain in his room. ailors lock the sailor aman who works on a ship agree to say ‘yes! ‘The Henrietta is in the middle of the Atlantic and there’s no coal. ‘Burn all the wood on the ship!’ says Fogg. lock to close with a key val itis black; people use it to make the fire that moves old ships and captain the most important sailor trains on a ship wood the hard part of a tree The ship arrives in Queenstown — in the ‘Let’s get off here,’ says Fogg south of Ireland — and there’s no more to Mrs Aouda, Passepartout wood on it. and Fix. They get on a train and travel to Dublin. There they get a fast ship to Liverpool. 34 In Liverpool Fix arrests Fogg at last, and takes him to prison. In prison Fogg looks at his diary. At two o'clock he looks at his watch. “There's time to go to London on a fast train and to be at my club by 8.45 this evening,’ he thinks. diary a book where you write about what happens every day At half past three, Fix arrives, with Mrs Aouda and Passepartout. Te ‘T'm sorry, Mr Fogg,’ says Fix. Angrily Fogg punches Fix in the face. “The gentleman thief — James Strand — is in prison. You're free to go!" The train arrives at ten minutes to nine. Fogg is five minutes late for his meeting with Stuart. punch to hit with your closed hand 35 36 Fogg doesn't want to get to his club late, so he Around the world in goes home with Mrs Aouda and Passepartout. eighty days and five minutes — he’s the loser! He has only £20,000 in the bank and he must give it all to Stuart. ‘T'm sorry for bringing you here, to a poor man's home,’ he says to Mrs Aouda the next morning. ‘Will you marry me?’ asks Mrs Aouda. ‘Yes,’ says Fogg. Poor not rich marry to make someone your husband or wife That afternoon Fogg tells Passepartout. ‘I want to marry Mrs Aouda tomorrow, the 23rd December. Can you speak to the people at Marylebone church about it?” Soon Passepartout returns. “Today's the 21st December. When you travel east around the world you get an extra day. You aren't late for your meeting at the Club after all, but you must run.’ At a quarter to nine Fogg enters his club. ‘I win,’ he says to Stuart. ‘Where's my £20,000?" Next Monday Fogg — the world-traveller — marries Mrs Aouda. He's a very happy man. Marylebone /’ma:liban) church Christian people go here to pray 37 38 READING CHECK Put these sentences in the correct order. Number them 1-9. ° OS cgxtneones Fix uses a to arrest Fogg. The sailors use a — to lock the captain's door. Fogg, his friends, and Fix get on a et in New York. Fogg gives some to the sailors because he wants to go to England They can’t get to England because there isn't any Fogg marries A, Passepartout finds the correct date when he goes to the 21 Dec. Fogg looks in his and sees the wrong date WORD WORK Match the words with the pictures. to marry coal sailor to punch to lock wood diary church poor GUESS WHAT What happens after the story ends? Answer these questions. a Are Fogg and Mrs Aouda happy? b Does Passepartout stay and work for them? ¢ What happens to Detective Fix? d_ Does Fogg ever travel again? Postcards from Fix Dear Mabel, | Here we are in Paris. On the front of this postcard you can see a picture of | Wotre Dame Z like French onion soup French wine is very good, too. We're | leaving tonight for Ttaly by train | Perhaps L can write again from Ltaly | Love, Fix 40 2 Write this postcard again, with punctuation. | Dear Mabel Here we are in Ltaty On the front of | this postcard you can see a | picture of the Colosseum L | like Ltalian spaghetti Ltalian | wine is very good +00 Were | teaving tonight for Suez by ship Perhaps 1 can write again from Egypt Love Fix Dear Mabel, 3 hnite anether postcard that Fix sends to Mabel later in the story. Use the postcards above to help you. 41 TRAVEL 1 Draw Fogg’s route around the world on the map. 2 Which five places around the world would you like to visit? Why? Use a dictionary to help you. eect New York, the USA to. learn, American, Enalish, 3 Plan your world trip. Go east. Use an atlas. ROUTE TRANSPORT from. London to Paris by. train and. boat 44 GRAMMAR CHECK Linkers: and, but, and or and links two parts of a sentence with the same idea. They take a train to Italy and a ship to Egypt. but links two parts of a sentence with different ideas. He visits the temple, but he doesn’t take off his shoes. or links another possibility. Would you like to come with us or would you like to stay here? Write longer sentences using and, but, or or and the sentences in the box. Fix stays in Bombay. —atmidnight-he-goestrormé. _he runs away from the temple he takes him to prison. he must pay Stuart £20,000. Fogg doesn't see him is he too poor? the detective buys lots of drinks. _ Fix can't arrest him. a In the evening Fogg eats at his club AG. At. midnight he goes home. b The priests take Passepartout’s shoes @ Fogg and Passepartout get on the train to Calcutta d_ Fogg must be back in London by 21st December .. e In Calcutta Fix is in court f Passepartout doesn't want to help Fix, & Fogg must be in England h In Liverpool Fix arrests Foge i Does Mrs Aouda want to marry Fogg .. 46 nN ow GRAMMAR CHECK Prepositions of time Prepositions of time tell you when something happens. Study the boxes. at in on 12 o'clock 1810 Sunday half past ten October 25th October 8.15 p.m. the morning / afternoon / | the 14th of June night evening midnight / midday two minutes / one hour Write at, in, or on. a OY). 11th November e 1856 b midnight f December 1872 c Thursday morning g a quarter past eight d 6.30 a.m h the afternoon Complete the sentences with at, in, or on. Fogg goes around the world ..Y\. 1872 Fogg leaves London . October. He eats at his club ......... 12 o'clock, Mr Fix sees Fogg in Egypt ... the Sth of October. The Carnatic leaves Hong Kong the evening. Fogg and Mrs Aouda want to get on the ship ......... the morning. Their ship leaves for San Francisco .. . a few hours. .. Six o'clock ......... the evening they all go to the American ship. i They arrive in San Francisco the morning. J The New York train leaves the evening, zsmm eo ao oe Fogg wants to marry Mrs Aouda .......... the 23rd of December. . GRAMMAR CHECK Present Simple: affirmative and negative To make most Present Simple affirmative verbs we use infinitive without to. Today's detectives move fast. With he/she/it we add —s or -es. Phileas Fogg lives in London. He goes to his club every day. To make most Present Simple verbs negative we use don’t (do not) + infinitive without to. J need some new shirts. They don’t go by plane. With he/she/it we use doesn't (does not) + infinitive without to. He doesn't take off his shoes She doesn't get into the fire. We don't know where the ship is. Read Fix’s report about Phileas Fogg. Rewrite the sentences changing the verbs from affirmative to negative, or negative to affirmat Fogg is the gentleman thief. He works at a Gentleman’s Club in London. Fogg doesn’t like eating at his club. Passepartout comes from England. Fogg doesn’t read The Times. Fogg and Passepartout want to go around the world in 60 days. . They don’t like travelling by ship. . Passepartout wants to marry Mrs Aouda. POMo pe op Fogg. isn't the gentleman, thief. zsmme ao sD 47 48 a GRAMMAR CHECK Indefinite pronouns: people, things and places We use these instead of nouns. people things places someone | something somewhere no one nothing nowhere everyone _| everything everywhere | Fogg sees something interesting in The Times. (an interesting thing, but we don't know what) Fix follows them everywhere. (to all the places they go) No one sees Passepartout in the fire. (not one person) Complete the sentences with an indefinite pronoun from the box. someone something’ somewhere noone —_nothing nowhere everyone everything everywhere a Mrs Aouda is buying . Something. new. b Passepartout is ‘on the Carnatic when Fogg looks for him. ce Fix wants to arrest ........ . . in Egypt. d Passepartout must be " ... in Yokohama e There is in the ticket office so | can't buy a ticket. f What different things do you need? Have you got ne _ in your bag? g They look on the ship for Passepartout. h «+s. on the Henrietta helps Fogg because of his money. i Fogg cando........... ...... when he goes to prison. “ GRAMMAR CHECK Prepositions of movement Prepositions of movement tell us how something moves. into SJ onto nal over Il» through Af> across w to —>e of fia} Complete the story of the train ride from San Francisco to New York. past ——> They goa) 9. the station and get b) ............ the train in the evening, The train goes 6) an old bridge. The bridge falls down d) the river. Some Indians ride e) the train. Passepartout gets 1) the train to fight and the Indians take him away. Fogg, Mrs Aouda, and Fix get off the train at the next station. Fogg walks to find Passepartout. Fix finds a sledge with sails and they travel 8) the snow with it. In Omaha they take a train h) New York. How do Fogg, Passepartout, and Mrs Aouda travel to Allahabad? Look at the map and complete the text with the correct prepositions from the Grammar Check box. Fogg, Passepartout, and the princess climb a) ©'\+.9, the elephant quickly. The elephant walks away from Kholby and goes b) ............... some trees. Then it walks ©) ssssssssesses @ big river. Near Allahabad they go d) ............... @ beautiful temple. But they don't stop, they want to get e) Allahabad quickly. The elephant walks f) ............... the railway and g) ............... Allahabad. They all get h) ‘the elephant outside a hotel. GRAMMAR CHECK Present Continuous for future We can use the Present Continuous to talk about definite future plans. We form the Present Continuous with the verb be + —ing. @® We're leaving for France,’ Fogg tells Passepartout. © We aren't going to France,’ Fogg tells the sailors. @ “re you going around the world? Yes, | am 8 Complete the conversation with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Oe GOGH OGOMHE a) We're. |©AviNg. (we / leaving) for France this evening For France! How b) 7 (we / get) there? By train. Then in France c) 3 (we / take) another train to Italy. d) oeasi (we / stay) in Italy? No, €) 2 (we / travel) around the world, Around the world! Oh, no! Why f) (I / go) with you? Because | need your help! Oh! Where g) ... ... (we / go) next? Well, in Italy h) (we / get) a ship to Egypt. i) .. (we / visit) Cairo? No, j) (we / sail) from there to India. kK) 5 (we / go) to America? Yes, |) (we / sail) from Japan to America. When m) (we / come) back home? n) aan (we / arrive) in London on 21st December and °) (1/ go) to the club that evening. 10 GRAMMAR CHECK Time clauses with before, after, and when before links a later action with an earlier action. Fix sends a telegram to London before he gets on the ship for Bombay. after links an earlier action with a later action. After Passepartout visits the temple, the priests take his shoes. when links two actions close in time. When their ship arrives in Suez, a detective is waiting for them. We can put before, after, and when clauses at the start of the sentence or at the end. When we write the time clause first, we must use a comma. Do you remember the story? Complete the sentences with before, after, or when. a Fix first sees Fogg . WEY), he visits the passport office in Suez. b Passepartout meets Fix in Suez, he goes to buy some shirts. ¢ Fogg goes to the passport office in Bombay he eats at the station d_ Fogg buys some clothes for the princess they arrive in Allahabad e They get onto the ship for Hong Kong they leave the court. f Fogg arrives in Japan, he looks for Passepartout. g Fogg and Mrs Aouda go to the circus ......... their ship leaves for America ish the sentences with details from the story. Read the pages in brackets again if you can’t remember the story. There may be more than one possible answer. a When they arrive in Suez, ....F999.g0es. +0. the passport. office. (page 5) b Before Fogg and Passepartout meet the princess, vette tet eens (page 10) ¢ After they help the princess, .. . . (page 11) d When they arrive at Calcutta station, (page 15) e After Passepartout meets Fix at the ticket office in Hong Kong, . (page 17) f Before they get the train in San Francisco, (page 27) 5 Sas ye bon TUTE ee Dominoes is an enjoyable series of illustrated classic and modern stories in four carefully graded language stages ~ from Starter to Three ~ which take learners from beginner to intermediate level. Each Domino reader includes: © a good story to read and enjoy © integrated activities to develop reading skills and increase active vocabulary © personalized projects to make the language and story themes more meaningful © seven pages of grammar activities for consolidation Each Domino pack contains a reader, plus a MultiROM with: © a complete audio recording of the story, fully dramatized to bring it to life «© interactive activities to offer further practice in reading and language skills and to consolidate learning. If you liked this Starter Level Domino, why not read these? Journey to the Centre of the Earth dules Verne In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenibrack comes home with an old Icelandic book. init there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. Ths isthe beginning of one of Jules Verne's most exciting stories. ‘Is this message true? We must go to Iceland and see’ says Lidenbrock ‘excitedly, But his nephew, Axel, wants to stay at home, CCan Lidenbrock and Axel ~ and their Icelandic guide, Hans ~ find the centre of the Earth? And can they all get back alive after their many underground adventures? Book ISBN: 9780194247184 ‘MultiROM Pack ISBN: 9760194246828 The Tempest William Shakespeare Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from hhome, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan ‘Then, one day Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, BREEN rakes a magic storm - a tempest - to bring them to the island Book ISBN: 9780194247078 ‘MultiROM Pack ISBN: 978019 4246712 You can find details and a full list of books in the Dominoes catalogue and Oxford English Language Teaching Catalogue, and on the website: www.oup.com/elt Teachers: see www.oup.com/ett for a full range of online support, or consult your local office. Cambridge CEFR Exams vets TOEFLIBT —_TOEIC BI Per 40 51-86 550 2-81 KET-PET 3040 5 = [Mee SAAD) VeFiesner 130 E 5 Al YLEMowers | = - = ava CTU Ley OXFORD ‘UNIVERSITY PRESS www.oup.com/elt “Today you can go round the world in eighty days,’ says Phileas Fogg. ‘Do it, and | pay you £20,000, says his friend Stuart. This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne’s most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December 2st or lose all his money. With the help of his servant, Passepartout, Fogg travels in many ways — from train to elephant — and he has some surprising adventures on the way. Text adaptation by Bill Bowler Illustrated by Mark Draisey Cover image courtesy of Getty Images (elephant through arch/ Ed Freeman/The Image Bank) ‘9 This book is supported by a MultiROM, containing a complete © dramatized audio recording ofthe story pls interactive activities. Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter Word count 1,918 bi ey le) ta) Pda tee) Ph Toa ENGLISH FSH oxrorp ENcusH 19-4247 0 01-6 9"780194"247 |

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